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LibreOffice 7.6.4 and LibreOffice 7.5.9 available for download

Berlin, December 7, 2023 – LibreOffice 7.6.4 Community and LibreOffice 7.5.9 Community are immediately available from www.libreoffice.org/download for Windows (Intel/AMD/ARM processors), macOS (Apple Silicon and Intel processors), and Linux [1].

LibreOffice 7.6.4 Community is the most advanced version of the office suite, and offers the best in terms of productivity functions and interoperability with Microsoft Office proprietary formats.

LibreOffice 7.5.9 Community is the most thoroughly tested version of the suite, for productivity applications in the enterprise environment, but has now reached the end of its life, so users are invited to plan the upgrade to LibreOffice 7.6.4 Community, which has also been tested and sought after enough for production environments.

For enterprise-class deployments, TDF strongly recommends the LibreOffice Enterprise family of applications from ecosystem partners – for desktop, mobile and cloud – with a large number of dedicated value-added features and other benefits such as SLA (Service Level Agreements): www.libreoffice.org/download/libreoffice-in-business/.

Availability of LibreOffice 7.6.4 and LibreOffice 7.5.9

LibreOffice 7.6.4 Community and LibreOffice 7.5.9 Community are available from www.libreoffice.org/download/. Minimum requirements are Microsoft Windows 7 SP1 and Apple macOS 10.14. LibreOffice Technology-based products for Android and iOS are listed here: www.libreoffice.org/download/android-and-ios/

The Document Foundation does not provide technical support for users, although they can be helped by volunteers on user mailing lists and on the Ask LibreOffice website: ask.libreoffice.org

LibreOffice users, free software advocates and community members can support The Document Foundation with a donation at www.libreoffice.org/donate

[1] Change log pages: wiki.documentfoundation.org/Releases/7.6.4/RC1 and wiki.documentfoundation.org/Releases/7.5.9/RC1

LibreOffice in Sri Lanka

ICTer International Conference is the successor to the seminal International Information Technology Conference (IITC) held in Sri Lanka since 1998. We have been invited by the conference organizers, thanks to the connection established by Daniska Navin, a long time project member, to attend the 2023 event on November 8 and November 9, to present LibreOffice during a keynote speech, and to manage a two day workshop about LibreOffice and the Migration Protocol, on November 7 and November 10.

I attended the conference and provided the keynote speech about LibreOffice Technology, and together with Lothar Becker – Certification Co-Chair – managed the two day workshop. The conference was a huge success, as we met many interested people, including some students who asked to organize a similar workshop in 2024 at their universities in other cities of Sri Lanka. We will definitely be back next year to attend ICTer 2024, and to visit the other universities for a workshop.

During the workshop we covered many topics:

  1. Workshop Day 1: LibreOffice project’s history, the technical evolution of the development platform, LibreOffice’s six modules, with an introduction to main features, an introduction to open source software and open standards (for software and for documents), and free open-source licenses and business models.
  2. Workshop Day 2: LibreOffice Migration Protocol, fixing bugs and regressions, interoperability with proprietary document formats, conversion of document templates and macros, compatibility of VBA macros, and integration with third-party applications.

At the end of the workshop, we handed the basic LibreOffice Certified recognition to the following people (in alphabetical order by first name): BWRU Siriwardhana, CS Jayakody, DN Gunawardana, Dilani Sagarika, DMDC Kumari, Gayani Sadagiri, HK Jayarathna, HP Henegama, JKDI Thilakarathne, JRM Muthumalki, KDPM Kannangara, Malsha Katugampala, Mrs LC Karunasagara, Ms AS Gunathilake, Nisantha Ranathunga, NS Gajasinghe, R Prasanna, Rajika Dilrukshi, Renuka Matiwalakumbura, RMJM Rathnayake, Ruwan Jayalath, Sachini de Silva, Selani Ekenayake, Vimukthika Sewwuandi and WMNK Weerasooriya.

A big thank to all our hosts at the School of Computing of the University of Colombo: the Director Dr DAS Atukorale and the Deputy Director Prof Kasun de Zoysa, and all the other academic and administrative staff members who have welcomed us and made the conference memorable. A special thanks to Sanduni Thrimavithana, who made our stay as memorable as the conference. And a final thanks to all the other people we have met during the four days. See you all in 2024.

More info about LibreOffice Viewer app for Android in the Google Play Store

LibreOffice Viewer for AndroidWith the release of LibreOffice 7.6.3, the LibreOffice Viewer app for Android has been made available in the Google Play Store.

LibreOffice Viewer is a lightweight version of LibreOffice for Android smartphones and tablets for viewing Open Document Format (.odt, .ods, .odp) and Microsoft Office (.docx, .xlsx, .pptx) documents. It is built on the same LibreOffice technology as the LibreOffice desktop app for Windows, macOS and Linux, so it displays documents in exactly the same way.

LibreOffice Viewer also has experimental editing features that can be enabled in the application’s settings, but are not considered ready for production use. As we’re a volunteer-driven, community open source project, we’d appreciate help to improve the editing support.

LibreOffice Viewer has been available on Google Play in the past, but due to lack of maintenance it was withdrawn in 2020. Since then, more than two hundred changes have been made to improve the app, increase its stability and usability, support current Android versions and better integrate with the system.

Since the beginning of this year, LibreOffice Viewer has been updated to the latest versions in F-Droid. With the re-release of the app on the Google Play Store, LibreOffice Viewer is now widely available to Android users.

Feedback and bug reports are welcome to help the community improve the quality of the app. You can report bugs and attach files here: bugs.documentfoundation.org

Developers interested in helping improve the app can find more information about LibreOffice development in general and the Android version in particular on the wiki.

Tap here to get LibreOffice Viewer on Google Play

Announcement of LibreOffice 7.6.3 Community and LibreOffice Viewer app for Android in the Google Play Store

Android logoBerlin, November 23, 2023 – LibreOffice 7.6.3 Community, the third minor release of the 7.6 family of the volunteer-supported free office suite for Windows (Intel/AMD and ARM processors), macOS (Apple and Intel processors) and Linux is now available from our download page.

At the same time, the LibreOffice Viewer app for Android is back in the Google Play Store, to view documents based on the standard Open Document Format and the proprietary Microsoft Office format. It joins the F-Droid version which has been available for some time.

LibreOffice is the only open source office suite for personal productivity which can be compared feature-by-feature with the market leader. LibreOffice offers the highest level of compatibility in the office suite market segment, with native support for the Open Document Format (ODF) – beating proprietary formats for security and robustness – to superior support for Microsoft Office files, along with filters for a large number of legacy document formats, to return ownership and control to users.

Based on the advanced features of the LibreOffice Technology platform for personal productivity on desktop, mobile and cloud, LibreOffice provides a large number of new features targeted at users sharing documents with or migrating from Microsoft Office to ensure their digital independence from the commercial strategy of vendors. These users should check new releases of LibreOffice on a regular basis, as the progress is so fast, that each new version improves dramatically over the previous one.

LibreOffice for Enterprises

For enterprise-class deployments, TDF strongly recommends the LibreOffice Enterprise family of applications from ecosystem partners – for desktop, mobile and cloud – with a number of value-added features and benefits such as SLA (Service Level Agreements): see this page.

Every line of code developed by ecosystem companies for their enterprise customers is shared with the community on the master code repository, and improves the LibreOffice Technology platform.

The Document Foundation has developed a Migration Protocol to support enterprises moving from proprietary office suites to LibreOffice, which is based on the adoption of an enterprise optimized version of LibreOffice, plus migration consultancy and training sourced from certified professionals who offer value-added solutions and services to match proprietary offerings: www.libreoffice.org/get-help/professional-support/.

Indeed, LibreOffice – thanks to its mature codebase, rich feature set, strong support for open standards, excellent compatibility and LTS options from certified partners – is the ideal solution for businesses that want to regain control of their digital independence, and free themselves from vendor lock-in.

Availability of LibreOffice 7.6.3 Community

LibreOffice 7.6.3 Community is available from: our download page. Minimum requirements for proprietary operating systems are Microsoft Windows 7 SP1 and Apple macOS 10.15. LibreOffice Technology-based products for Android and iOS are listed here: www.libreoffice.org/download/android-and-ios/.

For users who don’t need the latest features, and prefer a version that has undergone more testing and bug fixing, The Document Foundation maintains the LibreOffice 7.5 family, which includes several months of back-ported fixes. The current version is LibreOffice 7.5.8 Community.

The Document Foundation does not provide technical support for users, although they can get it from volunteers on user mailing lists and the Ask LibreOffice website: ask.libreoffice.org

LibreOffice users, free software advocates and community members can support The Document Foundation with a donation on this page.

LibreOffice 7.5.8 Community available for download

Berlin, November 2, 2023 – LibreOffice 7.5.8 Community, the last minor release of the LibreOffice 7.5 line, the volunteer-supported free office suite for desktop productivity, is available from https://www.libreoffice.org/download for Windows (Intel/AMD and ARM processors), macOS (Apple Silicon and Intel processors), and Linux [1].

With this release, the LibreOffice 7.5 line is reaching the end of its life, so users should plan the update to LibreOffice 7.6 as soon as the next minor update LibreOffice 7.6.3 will be released in mid November. At that time, LibreOffice 7.6 will have been tested and sought after enough to be ready for all production environments.

For enterprise-class deployments, TDF strongly recommends the LibreOffice Enterprise family of applications from ecosystem partners – for desktop, mobile and cloud – with a large number of dedicated value-added features and other benefits such as SLA (Service Level Agreements): https://www.libreoffice.org/download/libreoffice-in-business/

Availability of LibreOffice 7.5.8 Community

LibreOffice 7.5.8 Community is available from: https://www.libreoffice.org/download/. Minimum requirements for proprietary operating systems are Microsoft Windows 7 SP1 and Apple macOS 10.14. LibreOffice Technology-based products for Android and iOS are listed here: https://www.libreoffice.org/download/android-and-ios/

The Document Foundation does not provide technical support for users, although they can be helped by volunteers on user mailing lists and on the Ask LibreOffice website: https://ask.libreoffice.org

LibreOffice users, free software advocates and community members can support The Document Foundation with a donation at https://www.libreoffice.org/donate

[1] Change log pages: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Releases/7.5.8/RC1 and https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Releases/7.5.8/RC2

Important release of LibreOffice 7.6.2 Community and LibreOffice 7.5.7 Community with key security fix

A drawing of a generic "bug" with four colours on its back: red, green, blue, yellow.Berlin, 26 September 2023 – The Document Foundation is releasing LibreOffice 7.6.2 Community and LibreOffice 7.5.7 Community ahead of schedule to address a security issue known as CVE 2023-4863, which originates in a widely used code library known as libwebp, created by Google more than a decade ago to render the then-new WebP graphics format [1].

In addition to the CVE, the two new versions fix other bugs and regressions and are available immediately from www.libreoffice.org/download [2]. All users of LibreOffice are encouraged to update their current version as soon as possible.

The minimum requirements for proprietary operating systems are Microsoft Windows 7 SP1 and Apple MacOS 10.15.

For enterprise-class deployments, TDF strongly recommends the LibreOffice Enterprise family of applications from ecosystem partners – for desktop, mobile and cloud – with a wide range of dedicated value-added features and other benefits such as SLAs: www.libreoffice.org/download/libreoffice-in-business/.

The Document Foundation does not provide technical support to users, although it is available from volunteers on user mailing lists and the Ask LibreOffice website: ask.libreoffice.org.

LibreOffice users, free software advocates and community members can support the Document Foundation by making a donation at www.libreoffice.org/donate.

[1] Details of CVE 2023-4863: nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-4863. Bugzilla: bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=157231.

[2] Change logs for LibreOffice 7.6.2 Community: wiki.documentfoundation.org/Releases/7.6.2/RC1 and LibreOffice 7.5.7 Community: wiki.documentfoundation.org/Releases/7.5.7/RC1.

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